Wim
Ganege side B
Interview recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit
het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de
Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The
interview was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The
interview is in the local language Dani and is on different subjects being as
indicated on the cover are Wim Ganege, Moklat, Atov, Dlametla Loim, hermaphrodite, enemies among themselves, and hodlak balim. Wim Ganege is described in his thesis on pages
89-101 and pages 151-160. Moklate is probably a misspelling for Mokhat, the
spirits see page 81-84, Atov for Atou,
spiritual power, see page 160-164, Diametla loim, the hermaphrodite are not in
the thesis, enemies among themselves see 79 and further, hodlak is term for an unmarried girl see pages
41-43.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some
observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura
Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural
Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact
huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
The A side of the tape is 36’11 and the B side 36’10